The Badlanders

Sep 3, 1958

1h 25m

★ 6.2

A treasure to steal...a woman to win...a past to forget...

Overview

Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people in a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly. The other, McBain, is just trying to go straight, but that is easier said than done once The Dutchman involves him in his gold theft scheme. Based on the 1949 novel The Asphalt Jungle by W. R. Burnett, the story is given an 1898 setting. It is the second film adaptation of the novel following 1950's noir classic The Asphalt Jungle.

Genres

Western

Crime

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Arcola Pictures

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Badlanders Trailers

Cast

Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)

Alan Ladd

John McBain

Ernest Borgnine

Anita

Katy Jurado

Ada Winton

Claire Kelly

Cyril Lounsberry

Kent Smith

Vincente (The Powder Monkey)

Nehemiah Persoff

Sample

Robert Emhardt

Comanche

Anthony Caruso

Deputy Leslie

Adam Williams

Yuma Prison Warden

Ford Rainey

Lee

John Daheim

Miner (uncredited)

Jack Perkins

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